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Phagocytes are
cells that
protect the body by
ingesting harmful foreign particles, bacteria, and dead or
dying cells.
Their name
comes from the Gr**** phagein...
- In immunology, the
mononuclear phagocyte system or
mononuclear phagocytic system (MPS) also
known as the
reticuloendothelial system or
macrophage system...
- one type of endocytosis. A cell that
performs phagocytosis is
called a
phagocyte. In a
multicellular organism's
immune system,
phagocytosis is a major...
- cytotoxicity.
Vacuolization may be
present in a cell that has
recently phagocytized foreign matter.
Monocytes can
migrate into
tissues and
replenish resident...
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receptors (PRRs) of
phagocytes,
which mediates neutrophil mediation or
macrophage phagocytosis. As well as
endocytic PRRs,
phagocytes furthermore express...
- system" (abbreviated RES),
often ****ociated
nowadays with the
mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS), was emplo**** by the
beginning of the 20th
century to denote...
- ac****ulation of
hemosiderin is
usually detected within cells of the
mononuclear phagocyte system (MPS) or
occasionally within epithelial cells of the
liver and...
-
extracellular proteins that, when
bound to
substances or cells,
induce phagocytes to
phagocytose the
substances or
cells with the
opsonins bound. Thus,...
- receptors,
cause local vasodilation of the
blood vessels, and
attract phagocytes,
especially neutrophils.
Neutrophils then
trigger other parts of the immune...
-
immune system that
enhances (complements) the
ability of
antibodies and
phagocytic cells to
clear microbes and
damaged cells from an organism,
promote inflammation...
